Theodore Kupfer devotes a National Review Online column to the professional sport that dominates fall Sundays for many fans. All the pat talk about the declining ratings of the National…
Rachel Lu explains why in a Federalist column. All sports are not equal, and all do not embody the same excellences. I have nothing against tennis or golf, but those…
Robotic tackling dummies. Don’t be surprised if this technology becomes common as a means of reducing injuries, particularly concussions, during practice within the next few years. H/t: MM
No, not because of Cam Newton, who actually is doing about as well as last year. Rather it’s about Josh Norman and company. As Neil Paine of fivethirtyeight.com explains: Generally…
That’s a question that USA Today seeks to answer. One extremely odd thing about the story: The Carolina Panthers aren’t mentioned at all. H/t: JAT
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a pres-season profile on Julius Peppers. A portion of the article touches on Peppers’ time here in Charlotte with the Panthers: An immediate starter in…
$103.8 million over five years to be exact. Kevin Seifert of NFL Nation offers an interesting perspective on the contract, arguing that the Panthers made the move because they had…
The Winston-Salem Journal is doing a series of articles on high school and young athletes getting concussions. Here’s an eye-opening statistic: Football has been at the forefront of the national…
For Thanksgiving Day, in Irving, TX, when the Carolina Panthers play the Dallas Cowboys in a nationally televised football game. This could get real ugly, as The Kraken will almost…
The BLOB (Big Learning Organizational Bureaucracies) wants the public to think home school students simply can not have the same opportunities as students who finish their education through the “traditional,”…
Forget for a moment being banished from the playoffs—as the No. 1 seed no less —- now we learned Greensboro Dudley High School’s entire football season has been wiped out.…
Speaking of football, I find it increasingly difficult to justify to myself why I should continue to watch the game. I reject watching college football simply because of the corrupting…